Skills employers ask for in operations jobs in pharma
In 2,967 operations jobs in pharma in the SkillDrift job index, the most requested skill is Regulatory compliance, named in 13.6% of postings. Stakeholder management follows at 11.5%, then Project management at 9.4%.
Based on 2,967 job postings in the SkillDrift job index, read on 1 October 2026.
The 8 skills named most often
Each share is the part of all operations jobs in pharma that name the skill. One posting usually names several skills, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
- 1Regulatory compliance13.6%404 of 2,967 postings
- 2Stakeholder management11.5%341 of 2,967 postings
- 3Project management9.4%278 of 2,967 postings
- 4Inventory management8.4%248 of 2,967 postings
- 5Pharmacovigilance7.3%217 of 2,967 postings
- 6GMP6.3%188 of 2,967 postings
- 7Vendor management6.3%186 of 2,967 postings
- 8Quality assurance6%178 of 2,967 postings
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The SkillDrift job index collects live job postings and reads the skills each one asks for. This page counts the postings in the operations role group within the pharma industry, and shows the share that name each skill. Skills appear as employers write them, so close variants such as Excel and MS Excel can both appear, because a posting may use either. The page is refreshed from the index, and the date above shows the last read.
Questions people ask
What is the most requested skill in operations jobs in pharma?
Regulatory compliance. It is named in 13.6% of the 2,967 operations jobs in pharma in the SkillDrift job index on 1 October 2026.
How many job postings is this based on?
2,967 postings, read from the SkillDrift job index on 1 October 2026. Each share is the number of postings that name the skill, divided by all postings in this group.